Whether you're Canadian and celebrated Thanksgiving, you're American and celebrated Columbus day, or you're neither, you may have missed some fresh new tracks from the likes of
Bring The Noise,
Lost Kings, and
Skylar Spence among others. Classics from
Nero and
Porter Robinson/
Madeon received bootleg remixes, but of course that's not all; I've highlighted 9 tracks that range from light and bubbly pop to dark electro bass. The first, and perhaps most disturbingly underplayed track of this weekend comes from
Bring The Noise. Despite their near 15k followers on Facebook, "
West Side" has only 23 plays at the time I write this. This is a travesty as it is an absolutely awesome production, dripping with dark vibes, playing with old school rap motifs while warbling bass throbs beneath, giving the impression that something immense is about to happen. It sets us up perfectly for the rest of the tracks to come.
Obviously I'm a fan of
Nero's "
Crush On You," after having written about
Animal HÖuse's remix of it last month. Now DJ duo
DIV/IDE has put their own touch on the classic, relying on a piano driven lead and an awesome bass house drop. The groove is strong with this one, freely flowing, and utterly enjoyable.
Changing course drastically, the next track is from one of the brightest duos in the game right now,
Lost Kings. Their latest, "
Phone Down" continues their tropical tilt alongside divine piano chords, and a powerful and poignant message from vocalist Emily Warren.
Maybe the most alluring track in this nine pack (knowing my love for hyperactive bubbly pop tracks), comes from
gupi, in the form of "
Great Day." It's like if the Teletubbies took speed, went to Tommorowland, and this is the soundtrack to the montage video. "Wow, what a great day..."
As deep and dark as the infinite abyss that is outer-space, where
Moonzz and her track "
Wonder" emanate from, this mix from
DNMO ups the ante, injecting the original with rocketfuel. It refills the stasis chambers allowing the interstellar vehicle to travel further than ever imagined.
Bursting at the seams,
Pierce's track "
What We're Looking For" is absolutely explosive. There's no way you can hear this track without feeling it's tremendous power, while brilliantly combining a number of sounds and styles. Like many of the above tracks it too can be downloaded for free.
After seeing
Skylar Spence at Bestival this summer, I knew I'd found someone special. The uplifting and groovy disco vibes he delivers are simply sublime. His latest, released on
Carpark Records,
maintains that delightfully dance-worthy energy and sentimentality.
Of course
Porter Robinson and
Madeon's collaborative effort "
Shelter" has been firmly entrenched in the minds of their thousands of fans, but save for
Luca Lush's lift, there hasn't been a truly fitting remix. That is until now.
soupandreas and
Soflex seem to have been able to get into the mindset of the two veteran producers, reimagining "
Shelter" as a more necessary reality, a hideout in an apocalyptic future.
The last track in this collection of new, fresh productions comes from
Ryan Hemsworth's
Secret Songs collective, courtesy
Rytmeklubben member,
DJ Karaoke. His superb and saintly synth work soars with brilliant beauty alongside an angelic, ethereal choir. It too is available entirely free.
